HAIKU

HAIKU in a beautiful handheld softcover and a fine handmade limited, signed edition boxed art book with a number of the poems translated into Japanese by TAMURA Nanae.

Sixty-three original poems by Harry Thomas.

Harry Thomas is the translator of Joseph Brodsky's masterpiece, “Gorbunov and Gorchakov” (To Urania, 1987). He is the editor of Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy (Penguin, 1993),  Montale in English (Penguin, 2002) and Poems about Trees (Knopf, 2019). His poems, translations, essays, and reviews have appeared in dozens of magazines. From 2001 to 2010 he was editor-in-chief of Handsel Books, an imprint of Other Press.

From Harry Thomas and Un-Gyve Press: SOME COMPLICITY: POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS (2013), THE TRUTH OF TWO SELECTED TRANSLATIONS (2017) and HAIKU (2020).

Un-Gyve Press is pleased to offer HAIKU also in a limited, signed edition with a number of the poems translated into Japanese by TAMURA Nanae.

Views of the Haunts and Homes of the British Poets, Oct. 19 1850.

Limited Edition

Published in two volumes, in London by Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty and in New York by Harper & Brothers, William Howitt’s Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets is illustrated with engravings made by H. W. Hewet (engraver of numerous editions, publisher, and patentee of the Improved Screw-Wrench) in the New York edition. The London edition credits “The Illustrations by W. and G. Measom.”

George Samuel Measom, known for his illustrated railway guides, and his charity, collaborated with his brother, William, an engraver and a painter. 

The collected work Views of the Haunts and Homes of the British Poets, Oct. 19 1850., found by Christopher Ricks in the little bookshop in Nailsworth just a few miles from his home in Gloucestershire, contains the original mixed media/watercolour illustrations for the Howitt Haunts and Homes, presumably made by either one or both of the Measom brothers and bound for preservation in 1850, after the publication of the two Howitt volumes.

From our Un-Gyve archives, the original sequence of thirty-nine illustrations, the home or haunt and the poet being identified by hand in blue ink on the tissue leaf that precedes each illustration. These lovely vignettes are bound in a design to reflect the album of 1850 with its gilt edge pages, secured with a brass clasp. This loving series of associations opens with Geoffrey Chaucer (Tabard Inn — Southwark), and closes with Alfred Tennyson (Birthplace at Somersby). 

1850 was Tennyson’s annus mirabilis, a year to marvel at: May had seen the publication of In Memoriam, and June his wedding. In November he was to succeed William Wordsworth (who had died in April) as Queen Victoria’s Poet Laureate, bestowing and receiving many true tributes for the next forty-two years.

In this limited edition of 100 Un-Gyve reproduces in faithful facsimile this tribute to the centuries’ poets and to their spirits of place.

The Paris Book

In 1952 Ben Shahn said to Marian Parry, “Marian, make the most beautiful book you can and I’ll take it to Curt Valentin.” She made The Paris Book, which she had conceived of sometime prior to this prompting, and as promised, the book was presented to Curt Valentin who was moved to publish it. Mr. Valentin, who had published several significant, limited edition books in which the writings of poets and novelists were accompanied by illustrations made by contemporary artists, passed away the following year and The Paris Book was never published.

Un-Gyve now publishes this most beautiful book of watercolours in their exquisite detail exactly as was intended in a limited edition of 333 signed by the artist. The Paris Book represents Marian Parry’s affinity for the city in which she spent the first years of childhood: twenty extraordinary illustrations accompanied by her own hand-lettered prose — the story of “an odd bird” and his discovery of Paris.

The Paris Book by Marian Parry (Un-Gyve Press, Boston) limited edition of 333 signed and numbered by the artist; a hand-bound, cloth-covered book in gold-stamped box and cotton satchel with twenty carefully reproduced watercolours.  

The Paris Book unlimited edition soft-covered book with twenty carefully reproduced watercolours. ISBN: 978-0-9829198-5-9.

Marian Parry is an author, poet, illustrator and watercolour artist. Her books have been published by Knopf, Simon & Schuster, Greenwillow, Heritage Press and Limited Editions, Pharos Verlag (Switzerland) and Scholastic Books.

She has had numerous one-person shows. Her work is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Houghton Library of Harvard University and the Smith College Rare Book Room. The main archive of her work is in the print collection of the Boston Public Library.

Founder and senior instructor of the Watercolor Program for the Radcliffe Seminars at Harvard University, she was a fellow in the Bunting Fellowship Program, Radcliffe Institute.

SHOOT THE ARROW

SHOOT THE ARROW: A PORTRAIT OF THE WORLD FAMOUS *BOB*

AMY TOUCHETTE

Shoot the Arrow: A Portrait of The World Famous *BOB* (Un-Gyve Press, Boston, 2013) photographs by Amy Touchette with words by The World Famous *BOB*. Shoot the Arrow is a 137 page cloth bound hardback book with 112 plates. ISBN: 978-0-9829198-4-2.

Shoot the Arrow  is a collection of Amy Touchette's intimate black-and-white photographs of the onstage and offstage life of celebrated New York City burlesque dancer The World Famous *BOB*. A central figure in today's "neo-burlesque" movement, the self-described "female-female impersonator" is known for her over-the-top blonde bombshell image. Touchette used 24-hour photo sessions and exclusive access to The World Famous *BOB*'s private life to produce a deep, unique, and moving photographic biography of a woman pursuing dreams of glamour and fame. Photographed strictly on 35mm film, Touchette's pictures of The World Famous *BOB* on stage, backstage, in her daily life, and during private moments at home, are rich and beautifully real. Also containing the words of The World Famous *BOB* -- plain-spoken words that appear on the page as purely extracted un-distracted and un-distracting prose -- giving account of her evolution from an isolated farm girl in the California Valley to a performer in New York City's burlesque revival, Shoot the Arrow  is an unusually penetrating and authentic portrait of contemporary life.

The Protagonist,
Shoot the Arrow: A Portrait of The World Famous *BOB*

OCTOBER 8, 2022 Photographs from Shoot the Arrow: A Portrait of The World Famous *BOB* are published in The Protagonist magazine alongside an extensive interview with *BOB*, who discusses her life story and experience being photographed by Amy, among many other topics.

GUP Magazine,
Shoot the Arrow

AUGUST 28, 2017 GUP Magazine (Guide to Unique Photography) is an international authoritative publication on photography, connecting its communities with the sharpest conceptual photography, the latest photo books, and compelling writings about the contemporary world of photography.

la Repubblica,
Shoot the Arrow

FEBRUARY 10, 2014 la Repubblica is an Italian newspaper focused on politics, news, economy, sports, foreign affairs, music, culture, science, and technology.

Strand Book Store,
Shoot the Arrow

FEBRUARY 5, 2014 The World Famous *BOB* and Amy converse about the making of Shoot the Arrow: A Portrait of The World Famous *BOB* in the rare book room at Strand book store in New York City.

TimeOut Magazine,
Shoot the Arrow

FEBRUARY 5, 2014 Shoot the Arrow book event at Strand bookstore in NYC is TimeOut magazine's critic pick.

BLIKK Magazine,
Shoot the Arrow

FEBRUARY 2014 Oslo-based BLIKK magazine features Shoot the Arrow

Rangefinder Magazine,
Shoot the Arrow

JANUARY 2014 Rangefinder magazine recommends Shoot the Arrow in its "focus" section.

Bant Magazine,
Shoot the Arrow

JANUARY 2014 Istanbul-based Bant Mag. is a magazine that also organizes concerts, exhibitions, workshops, and other events.

Huffington Post,
Shoot the Arrow

DECEMBER 4, 2013 "From a girl growing up on a 115-acre farm in California to a drag queen named after The Cure’s Robert Smith and known to concoct martinis in her décolletage, the photos give a bit of insight into an underground figurehead who turned to performance as a method of detangling her own identity."

Huffington Post Italy,
Shoot the Arrow

DECEMBER 4, 2013 "Burlesque, The World Famous *BOB* Fotografato da Amy Touchette: La Vita Oltre Il Palcoscenico," by Pier Liugi Pisa

BUST Magazine,
Shoot the Arrow

DECEMBER/JANUARY 2014 Editor Emily Rems lists Shoot the Arrow: A Portrait of The World Famous *BOB* as one of the season's best pop culture bets in "The Hotness."

The Daily Mail,
Shoot the Arrow

NOVEMBER 25, 2013 "The Life of a New York Burlesque Dancer Laid Bare: Candid Photographs Capture Celebrated Buxom Blonde On and Off Stage," by Sadie Whitelocks.

PDN Photo of the Day,
Shoot the Arrow

NOVEMBER 15, 2013 PDN Photo of the Day displays photographs selected by the editors of Photo District News, a publication for photo professionals.

JOY 94.9 Radio Station
Australia

NOVEMBER 14, 2013 Colin Armstrong interviews Amy Touchette and The World Famous *BOB* about Shoot the Arrow on the program "Aesthetica."

The Hairpin,
Shoot the Arrow

NOVEMBER 14, 2013 The Hairpin features text by The World Famous *BOB*, subject of Shoot the Arrow

The Literate Lens,
Shoot the Arrow

NOVEMBER 5, 2013 The Literate Lens is a bi-weekly blog that investigates connections between photography, art and literature, aiming to bring more depth to the cultural conversation around all three.

The New York Photo Review,
Shoot the Arrow
Exhibition Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2013 The New York Photo Review reviews Shoot the Arrow exhibition at ClampArt.

Musée Magazine,
Shoot the Arrow
Exhibition Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013 Musée Magazine reviews Shoot the Arrow exhibition at ClampArt.

Slate,
Shoot the Arrow

OCTOBER 17, 2013 Slate's photography blog, Behold, features an article written by Alyssa Coppelman is a freelance photo editor based in Austin, Texas, who spent most of the aughts as assistant art director at Harper’s.

Paper Journal,
Shoot the Arrow

JUNE 27, 2013 Alexander Norton writes about Shoot the Arrow and The World Famous *BOB* in Paper Journal.

Vogue Italia,
"Shades of Women" Exhibition,
Shoot the Arrow

OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2012

Transgressor Magazine,
Shoot the Arrow

SEPTEMBER 2012 Shoot the Arrow is the cover story of Transgressor magazine's debut issue, including interviews and audio of The World Famous *BOB* and Amy's super-8 film of her performing "Finale."

Esquire Magazine, Russia,
Shoot the Arrow

MAY 2011 Photographs from Shoot the Arrow are on pages 60-65.

Painted Bride Quarterly,
Shoot the Arrow

SPRING 2008 “Tompkins Square Library Drawing Class” from Shoot the Arrow is on the cover of the fourth print annual of Painted Bride Quarterly, a literary magazine supported by Drexel University.

EL MUNDO DE LOS VIVOS | THE REAL WORLD

This first book of Cuban American artist Ofill Echevarría (La Habana, 1972) is presented in collaboration with Un-Gyve Limited. EL MUNDO DE LOS VIVOS | THE REAL WORLD (Un-Gyve Press) is a 124 page hand bound cloth cover hardback ISBN: 978-0-9829198-1-1.

GROUPS: EL MUNDO DE LOS VIVOS | THE REAL WORLD Copyright © Ofill Echevarría Un-Gyve Press

Twosomes

Mark Chester's Twosomes touring exhibit and companion book from Un-Gyve Press represents images culled from his forty years of traveling with a camera, presented in pairings related by subject matter, graphic interest or, as the photographer puts it, “a stretch of the imagination.” — a wide-reaching body-of-work that connects architectural icons with sidewalk signage; Japan with Iowa; 1979 with 2002; celebrity with passerby in a manner that reveals, as novelist Paul Theroux describes, “tremendous humanity and humor....In this juxtaposition of matching moods and paraphernalia, Mark Chester shows us in an ingenious way how the world is related and how we matter to each other.”

Published in 2011 by Un-Gyve Press the 218 page hardcover book Twosomes features 202 plates, 101 image pairs representing forty years of photography by Mark Chester. The 11" x 13" hardcover book with dustjacket retails for $75. ISBN: 9780982919804. Designed by  Un-Gyve Limited. Introduction by Julia Courtney, Curator of Art for the Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts. Twosomes is a 2012 PDN Photo Annual winner in the Book Category.

MARK CHESTER has been a professional photographer since nineteen & seventy two.

He was Director of Photography and staff photographer at ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), in New York City. His photographs are in the permanent collections of Baltimore, Brooklyn, American University Corcoran Legacy Collection Washington DC, Denver, Portland (Maine), and San Francisco museums, among others.

National museum and gallery exhibitions of his work, solo and group, include OK Harris and SoHo Photo (NYC); Camera Obscura (CO); the San Francisco Airport, and other venues. Chester is a Copley Artist of the Copley Society of Art in Boston.

His photographs also accompany his own travel articles as published by the L.A. Times, Boston Globe, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, and Christian Science Monitor among other newspapers and special interest magazines.

His 1987 traveling exhibition and catalogue "Shanghai in Black and White" commemorated San Francisco's Sister City as part of a cultural exchange program displayed at the Fort Lauderdale, FL, Museum of Art; The Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC; and the San Francisco Main Library.

2023

Springfield Museums, Twosomes, Springfield, MA

2016

The Gauvin Gallery, Twosomes, Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA

2015

The Gauvin Gallery, Twosomes, Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
The Wellesley Free Library, Twosomes, Wellesley, MA

2014

Harbor Gallery, Twosomes, Boston, MA
Reykjavík Museum of Photography, Twosomes, Reykjavík, Iceland
Parish Center for the Arts, Twosomes, Westford, MA
TJCC Gallery, Twosomes | Chiaroscuros, with Ben Golden, Tucson, AZ

2013

Scandinavian Cultural Center, Twosomes, Newton, MA
Busboys & Poets, Twosomes, Washington, DC

2012

Mashpee Public Library, Twosomes, Mashpee, MA
FJC, Twosomes, Falmouth, MA
Panopticon Gallery, Twosomes, Boston, MA
URI Feinstein Gallery, Twosomes | Urban Extensions, with Ofill Echevarria, Providence, RI
O.K. Harris Gallery, Twosomes, New York, NY
Balance, Twosomes, Baltimore, MD

2011

Alliance Française, Twosomes: Reportage, Washington, D.C.
Highfield Hall, Clark Gallery, Twosomes, Falmouth, MA
The Cape Cod Museum of Art, Twosomes, Dennis, MA

2009 

French Library Alliance Française, Reportage, Boston, MA

2007 

Isole Gallery, The NO Show, Boston, MA